Fly-screen



'(No Mdel.)

' M. J. TENNEY.

FLY SCREEN.

Patented Feb. 6, 1894..

, bodying myinventioni PATENT Trece.

MARY'JQSEPIHNE 'PENNE-Y, OF OSKALOOSA, IOW'A.

FLY-senses.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,390, datedfFebruary 6, 1894.'

Application filed Mey 14, 1892. Serial No.433.028. (No modelil .To all Awhen/M, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY Josnrnrnn NEY, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Oskaloosa, in theconntyot Mahaska, State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin FlySci'eens; and I do herebydeclarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention,sueh as will enable'others skilled` in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine. A r:This invention relates to screens for win dows and` doors, and isv designed to `exclude insects from an apartmentand admit and t`acilitate the eseapeof any insects which may be confined` in the said apartment, and at the same timesecure a perfect ventilation.

The improvement consists in the novel ieatnres and the peculiar' construction and coinbination of the'parts which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed and which" are shown in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is an elevation of. the screen ein- Fig. 2 is an edge View of the said screen. Fig. 3 is a cross section about on thelineX Xof Fig. 2. Fig. a is a view showing the application of the invention to a screen door. Fig. 5 is a cross section. showing a cut oifor closing the fly escape passage.

The frame A maybe of any approved forni of construction and the bars composing the same are cnt awayen one side at required intervals-toforin the iiyteseape passages B. The end andinterxnediate portions of the said bars remaining intact, are designed to forni snpportsV forthe strips C which are nailed thereto and between which portions and the said stripsthe Wire cloth D clamped. The edges of the-wire cloth are projected beyond the outer edges of the strips C and are curved away from thebars of the traine and are frayed to forni a series of barbs or points cl which are designed to prevent tho ingress ot' insects throngirthc passages l. 'lo further impede `the ingress of insects a strip of. wire cloth Eisfolded between its edges and secure-d to thebarsof tlieframeopposite the portion d ofthefwirefeloth D. '.ihe outer edgeof the strip E? is-eurved to correspond with the projectinggportion ofthe wire cloth D and is frayed to fornr.correspondingbarbs orpoints e for a purposesimilar to the barbs d. It will be seen that` the stripe@ are comparatively narrow when compared with the bars of the frame and are placed at the inner edge of the said `bars, thereby bringing the barbs Z and e `plane of the Wire cloth no impediment is offered to the tree escape of the said insects.

Inapplying the invention to screen doors it is preferred to provide the escape passages atthe top of the door frame, only. The middle cross rail H is constructed for oneportion or the whole of its length to leave a space h between it and the wire cloth so that. insects may have a freepassage from the lower portion of the screen to the upper part thereof and dnd their way ont through the upper pas- Y,

sages at the top of the frame. The other por- A tion of its length is constructed substantially as shown in Fig; 4, having an escape opening 7i which will admit of the direct escape of the insects, andi which is guarded by barbs or points toprevent the return of the said insects. The escape opening It is formed by cutting away a portion of the cross rail H slanting as most clearly shown in Fig. 5. 0p posite the' lower portion of the cross rail H a short bar I is arranged and secured at its ends respectively to the middle portion of the cross rail ll and the side piece of the frame; The screen cloth opposite the escapo h is secured tothis short bar I. The escape h opens on the side of the screen opposite to that to which the cross rail is applied. A strip i secures the wire cloth to the top edge of the cross rail above the escape h.

A ont; ofiE G is provided to close the escape passage and consists ot a strip which is adapted to slide in grooves provided in the frame, and Whicltis supported between its ends at proper points by staples or other means g whiehhave one leg driven into the frame and the other vadapted'to embrace the said strip between it and the edge ofthe said frame.

Having thus-described my invention, what Iclaimz and desire to secure by Letters Pat- Lent, is-' Asercen frame having across rail, and having'one side of the top rail cut away to form icc.

an escape passage, narrow strips applied to the frame bars near the inner edge thereof, the Wire cloth held to the frame hy the said narrow strips and having its top edge proA jected beyond the top strip and onstrueted to form a series of brbs, along the outer side of the said escape passage, a strip of Wire cloth folded between its edges and secured to the faid recessed top rail, and heviugits outer edge constructed to forma series of barbs, the said cross rail having e portion of its whole length out awayon the side opposite the wire 

